Nass River

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The Nass River is a major river in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, central to the culture, history, and traditional territory of the Tsimshian and Nisga’a peoples.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Nass River canonical 30
Nass River system 1
Nass River valley 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Tseax Cone volcanic eruption ⓘ
linked to: Tseax Cone
basinCountry Canada ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
culturalRegionOf Nisga’a Nation ⓘ
Tsimshian peoples ⓘ
linked to: Tsimshian
drainageBasinArea approximately 21,000 square kilometres ⓘ
economicActivity commercial fishing ⓘ
subsistence fishing ⓘ
flowsInto Portland Inlet ⓘ
flowsNear Gingolx ⓘ
Gitlaxt’aamiks ⓘ
Gitwinksihlkw ⓘ
linked to: Gitwangak

Laxgalts’ap ⓘ
New Aiyansh ⓘ
Terrace region ⓘ
governedByTreaty Nisga’a Final Agreement region ⓘ
linked to: Nisga’a
hasEcosystemType coastal temperate rainforest ⓘ
hasFishSpecies chinook salmon ⓘ
linked to: Chinook salmon

chum salmon ⓘ
coho salmon ⓘ
pink salmon ⓘ
sockeye salmon ⓘ
hasGeologicalFeature Nass Valley ⓘ
hasIndigenousName Lisims ⓘ
hasSettlementOnBanks Gingolx ⓘ
Gitlaxt’aamiks ⓘ
Gitwinksihlkw ⓘ
Laxgalts’ap ⓘ
hasTransportationRouteAlong Nisga’a Highway ⓘ
hasTributary Bell-Irving River ⓘ
Cranberry River ⓘ
Gitwinksihlkw River ⓘ
Kispiox River ⓘ
Meziadin River ⓘ
indigenousLanguage Nisga’a language ⓘ
isCentralTo Nisga’a culture ⓘ
Tsimshian culture ⓘ
knownFor eulachon runs ⓘ
salmon runs ⓘ
length approximately 380 km ⓘ
locatedIn British Columbia ⓘ
locatedInProvince British Columbia ⓘ
locatedInRegion northwestern British Columbia ⓘ
mouth Portland Inlet ⓘ
mouthLocation Pacific Ocean drainage basin ⓘ
nearGeologicalFeature Tseax Cone ⓘ
partOf Pacific Ocean watershed ⓘ
sourceLocation Coast Mountains ⓘ
Nass Ranges ⓘ
traditionalTerritoryOf Nisga’a people ⓘ
linked to: Nisga'a people

Tsimshian people ⓘ
linked to: Tsimshian

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tsimshian → notableRiver → Nass River ⓘ
Nisga’a → traditionalTerritory → Nass River valley ⓘ
linked to: Nass River
Nisga’a → traditionalTerritory → Nass River ⓘ
Nisga'a people → primaryRegion → Nass River ⓘ
Nisga’a language → hasRegion → Nass River ⓘ
Nass Valley → river → Nass River ⓘ
Nass Valley → traversedBy → Nass River ⓘ
Laxgalts’ap → isOnRiver → Nass River ⓘ
Skeena Mountains → drainageBasin → Nass River ⓘ
Portland Inlet → receivesWaterFrom → Nass River ⓘ
Gitlaxt’aamiks → locatedNear → Nass River ⓘ
New Aiyansh → locatedNear → Nass River ⓘ
Terrace region → locatedNear → Nass River ⓘ
Lisims → alsoKnownAs → Nass River ⓘ
Lisims → indigenousNameOf → Nass River ⓘ
Tseax Cone → locatedNear → Nass River ⓘ
Gitwinksihlkw → locatedOn → Nass River ⓘ
Gitwinksihlkw → hasNearbyWaterBody → Nass River ⓘ
Nass Ranges → namedAfter → Nass River ⓘ
Meziadin River → tributaryOf → Nass River ⓘ
Meziadin River → hasMouth → Nass River ⓘ
Stikine Plateau → drainedBy → Nass River ⓘ
Bell-Irving River → tributaryOf → Nass River ⓘ
Bell-Irving River → mouthLocatedIn → Nass River ⓘ
Gitwinksihlkw River → tributaryOf → Nass River ⓘ
Gitwinksihlkw River → hasMouthIn → Nass River ⓘ
Cranberry River → mouthOf → Nass River ⓘ
Cranberry River → tributaryOf → Nass River ⓘ
Cranberry River → belongsToRiverSystem → Nass River system ⓘ
linked to: Nass River